Laverda 1000 engine guard

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Hello,
Pls kindly inform, if someone has assemled engine guards / sturzbugel for Laverda 1000 3C, 1974. I do not know, why I have this idea, but maybe it can be helpfull in some cases. Are there any ready made engine guards, which can be used ? I have looked some HD's engine guards from Ebay. I have in my mind nice small guards. Some pics would be a nice suprise from those who has assemled guards. Can you kidly advise me ?
 
Do you mean crash bars or bash plate?
I guess it's crash bars as not many triples are used off road.

I can only remember one design of crash bars back in the day specific to triples, but I would think finding a set would be very difficult these days.

Modern bikes tend to use nylon bobbins. Maybe you could adapt a pair to fit?
 
Hello Grant,

Thanks for the reply,

Yes, I mean crash bar. I do not use my Laverda 3C off road, but still I would like to have these crash bars. First I have to measure the size of the possible crash bar etc.. Les see, if somebody has used these also in 3Cs

Ciao,
Erkki
 
I had some small crash bars on my 3C at one time. Apparently they saved your engine but bent your frame so I removed them.
 
Yes, they do exist. My Jota came with some already fitted. I believe they were put on in the 1980s.  I was going to remove them, but changed my mind, as they are quite discreet and engines are expensive.  Not sure how I can help, other than measurements, as they have no maker's name. Pictures below:

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Pete
 
chrisk said:
Add some highway peg mounts, while you're at it.
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Yeah, I know.....that's what I thought and why I originally intended to remove them. But given how busy the roads are where I live and how many twats in 4x4s there are, I figured it was safer. And no-one even noticed the crashbars when I originally posted the photos  :-*
 
My brother Tim's 3C has a crash bar. I don't remember where he got it. It may be home made or a generic one made to fit. It's painted black so is not particularly obtrusive or ugly. I don't even notice it most of the time. I have strong doubts that it would bend the frame of the bike fell onto it. The frame is larger diameter tube than the crash bar, and it is well braced by engine mountings, cross bar, headstock gussets, etc. It's pretty much an engineering certainty that the crash bar would fold before doing any damage to the frame.

Tim reckons it's been handy a couple of times when he's lost balance while pushing the bike around on slippery ground or manoeuvring slowly, especially when loaded with camping gear. The bike will lean over to about 45o and rest on the bar. Makes it a lot easier to get it back to vertical.

I think their value in a crash may be marginal or even detrimental, especially if laying the bike down at any kind of highway speed. It only provides a pivot like a vaulting pole to flip the bike over. So rather than damaging one side, you smash both sides as well as the instruments, tank and seat.

Cheers,
Cam
 

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Not sure how I can help, other than measurements, as they have no maker's name.
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They are "Motodd" crash bars - we had a few problemswith them cracking - but put a cut in the mounting bracket which seemed to cure the problem - Regards - Phil
 
Very seventies. Get a rack and a top-box on it while you're at it!  ;)

H.
 
Hi,
Thank you for your advice and pics. I will try to find such crash bars. Both Poffer's and Dellortoman's crash bars look very nice and discreet. Anyhow I believe that it is hard to find such.
Best regards
Erkki
 
Erkki, I once had a local bike accessory shop (Brian Payne at Tranzac in Brisbane) make me a set like Cam's brother has. I was riding in town a lot and fell off a couple of times on oil patches. He just used a very standard (at the time) set of crash bars, used as an accessory on hundreds of British and Japanese bikes, and welded on brackets to suit my 3c. If you can get any old set of 1970s style crash bars from a bike wrecker (for example, http://www.ebay.com/itm/Yamaha-RD-Front-Crash-Bar-/281073170874?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item41714439ba in the US but you should look locally), any welder should be able to attach brackets. Don't even have them chromed, just paint them black like Cam's brother's. It should be very inexpensive using used parts.
As Cam says they are dangerous at speed but very helpful in avoiding damage in low speed falls.

Ken
 
Thanks Ken,
That was also in my mind to get one of the 70's crash bars as you suggested and refine it for my 3C.
Ciao.
Erkki
 
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